Kulturhaus Karlshorst

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Kulturhaus Karlshorst 2012

The Kulturhaus Karlshorst is a cultural institution in the district of Karlshorst in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg at Treskowallee 112 / corner of Dönhoffstraße .

history

In 1897, the Königs Festsäle dance and entertainment venue opened on the property at Treskowallee 87 (since the renumbering in 1961: Treskowallee 112) . In 1917 a cinema with 560 seats was added, which had changing names (Karlshorster Lichtspiele, First Karlshorster Lichtbildtheater, Karlshorster Film- und Bühnenschau). Between 1930 and 1945 it was called the Gloria Palace .

Kulturhaus Karlshorst 2008
Demolition 2011

The building had been badly damaged in the last days of the war and was repaired without the small dome and without facade decorations. From 1945 to 1966 the Soviet Army used the house as an officers' casino, because the Soviet military administration, its secret services and some troops were stationed in Karlshorst. In 1966 the house was handed over to the GDR and became the Lichtenberg District Culture House . The Tarnovo restaurant was located on the ground floor and there were music lessons, ballet, dance, drawing and textile courses in the rooms. Since the 1970s, the house has been a place of worship for jazz and Dixieland . In 1989 a collection of signatures for the citizens 'movement Neues Forum was held in the hall of the Kulturhaus , and their first citizens' meeting took place here on November 20th of that year. In 1989/90 the Karlshorst Round Table met in the building . In 1990 the house was named Kulturhaus Karlshorst .

After the fall of the Wall , the property came into the possession of the Lichtenberg District Office. The office had minor alterations carried out and ensured that the Shostakovich Music School as well as numerous choirs and cultural associations were given rooms there from spring 2009 ; The Zimmer Theater Karlshorst played there until the end of September 2010. On September 28th, all cultural activities in the house were stopped because it could no longer be used without renovation. After a tender in 2009, the district administration found the company Lührs & Holst City Projekte GmbH & Co KG as the buyer . In the summer of 2009 there was a (final) exhibition on their own history in the rooms of the house. The demolition of the building began in April 2011 with the dismantling of the large-format neon sign Kreiskulturhaus , which was then handed over to the Berlin Letter Museum.

Demolition and reconstruction went as planned, so that the complex was inaugurated on May 4, 2012. The majority of the building complex contains shops and offices. In the summer of 2013, the facades received six large-format murals on Dönhoffstrasse and on the courtyard side, designed by the Lichtenberg artist Christian Awe .

deals

Today (as of 2020) the Kulturhaus Karlshorst comprises a gallery on the ground floor with photo and graphic exhibitions and a hall with a studio stage and foyer bar on the first floor. Events in the fields of music, theater, literature, cabaret, film and children's programs are part of the offer, as are traditional events such as the sessions of the Jazz Treff Karlshorst. The Lichtenberg District Office has rented the hall and event rooms on a long-term basis. Rooms can be rented for seminars, conferences and citizens' meetings.

literature

  • Christine Steer: Karlshorst. Classy suburb and the setting for history. be.bra Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3814802350 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin address book 1925 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1925, IV, p. 1985.
  2. ^ Reichs-Kino-Adreßbuch, Volume 15. Verlag der Lichtbildbühne, Berlin 1919, p. 112.
  3. ^ Telephone book East Berlin 1989, p. 150.
  4. ↑ Christine Steer: Karlshorst. Classy suburb and the setting for history. be.bra Verlag, Berlin 2018, pp. 70/71.
  5. ^ Farewell to the Kulturhaus. The building in Karlshorst is being replaced by a new building. In: Berliner Zeitung , April 2, 2009.
  6. ↑ Letter Collector . In: Lichtenberger Rathausnachrichten , May 7, 2011, p. 4.
  7. ↑ Reopening of the Kulturhaus Karlshorst . on spd-fraktion-lichtenberg.de
  8. ↑ Murals decorate the facade of the cultural center. In: Berlin Week . News Karlshorst , August 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ focus. Photography magazine. Special edition 2009, p. 28.

Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 55.6 ″  N , 13 ° 31 ′ 30.4 ″  E